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Re:Google is apparently taking down all/most Fediverse apps ... by tenebrisalietum on Friday August 28, 2020 @01:46PM (#24307794)
> But I also think it's obvious that I shouldn't trust you to make the decision of who needs to shut up. And definitely not the government.

Well right now social media companies seem to have that power. How is that better?

I hear this point all the time. Is there a better response than this?

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Re:Google is apparently taking down all/most Fediverse apps ... by a1369209993 on Friday August 28, 2020 @04:16PM (#24309453)
> Well right now social media companies seem to have that power. How is that better?

It's not; we're attempting to fix that, and TFA is about Google maliciously attacking one such attempt.

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